DD Motoring correspondent Brian McDaid talks about the silent killer on our roads – tiredness. The phone in our house…
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DD Motoring: Remembering the role of Donegal’s ambulance drivers
by Brian McDaid 5 years agoDD Motoring correspondent Brian McDaid looks at the historical and very important role of ambulance drivers in Donegal. A small…
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DD Motoring Columnist Brian McDaid counted Manus Kelly as a friend. He was at the Mount Errigal Hotel last weekend…
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Donegal Daily Motoring Columnist Brian McDaid reminisces on just how good F1 once was. Just when you are about to…
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DD Motoring: Brian McDaid recalls the Owencarrow viaduct disaster
by Brian McDaid 5 years agoThe year 2020 is nearly upon us and yet if you ask anyone to name the biggest land transport disaster…
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Last week rallying ace Russell Brookes passed away after a long illness, he was just 74. In the year 1974,…
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Fifty-one years later plus one hour, my print finally arrives. That was no fault of our local photo lab, Magee’s…
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DD Motoring: Happier times in Wolfe Tone Place – by Brian McDaid
by Brian McDaid 5 years agoEvery time I hear someone with a posh accent pronouncing your everyday “scone” I smile as I say into myself…
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Toby Burke is the sweetest hitter of a sliotar. He was Keady’s keeper on the Armagh side that robbed Setanta’s…
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DD Motoring: How to check if your tyres are safe to drive on with a euro coin!
by Brian McDaid 5 years agoA patient awakens in their hospital bed. They have been involved in a crash. Their injuries were lite considering that…
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DD Motoring: New Volkswagen Polo R5 to debut in Harvest Rally
by Brian McDaid 5 years agoFrosses man Donagh Kelly is patiently awaiting the arrival of a VW Polo R5 this week so he can put…
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The word is finally out, after a long wait of over a decade since Land Rover and Jaguar Group were…
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Nearly a year ago Donegal Daily’s motoring column featured a Donegal man who planned to take to the road for…
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In the middle of the flit from one dwelling to another, Mollie climbed into the back of the van with…
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DD Motoring Correspondent Brian McDaid was at the Deja Vu Donegal Rally and had a very nostalgic time. I’m borrowing…
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As the school doors reopen at the end of the summer break pupils will return to normality and settle down…
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I don’t know which runs quieter, the 1910 stationary engine or Ronnie O’Brien with his humble manner as he talks to…
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“What is this photo for anyway?” One of the crew enquired as I tried to get everyone on one side…
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It’s coming near closing time and the doorbell jingles as someone calls in looking for a picture frame in a…
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Nine minutes to home, it said, No delays it said, happy days I thought as I fired up the ignition,…